"Ladies and gentlemen, you will find in your prseence a great body of men who, with many courage and the true Christian spirit, have bound themselves together for the great cause of temperance. Follow their example, for the cause of temperance means the cause of Christian perfection and the cause of suffering humanity. Should you, however, not find it convenient to join their ranks, at least help their cause by your prayers and your constant co-operation. Gentlemen of the Total Abstinence Union, we admire your spirit of self-abnegation in professing the great virtue of total abstinence, and we appreciate your efforts in encouraging it both by words and example. Your associations are of paramount importance for the spiritual and temporal welfare of our people, and are, consequently, of great service to religion and society."
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Diomede Angelo Raffaele Gennaro Falconio
Diomede Angelo Raffaele Gennaro Falconio (20 September 1842 – 8 February 1917) was an Italian prelate of the Catholic Church who served as the bishop of the Diocese of Lacedonia and as the archbishop of the Archdiocese of Acerenza.
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